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    3. 杜撰

    杜撰

    杜ず撰さん

    careless

    NTCoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    ずさんずざん

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    careless, sloppy, faulty
    word usually written using kana alone

    Noun

    2.
    using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing), piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

    Stroke 0 / 22

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    Kanji that make up this word

    杜
    もり・ふさ.ぐ・やまなし…(3)
    woods・grove
    撰
    せん.する・えら.む・えら.ぶ…(2)
    composing・editing・compiling・selecting
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